Books Events in Manchester

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An Evening with Beth O'Leary at Waterstones Deansgate

 Sat, 11 Apr at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 21

Super duper family festival

 Wed, 18 Feb at 09:00 am Manchester City Centre

An Evening with Veronica Roth at Waterstones Deansgate

 Tue, 14 Jul at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 24

Antony Beevor: Rasputin. An evening at St Ann's Church, Manchester

 Tue, 07 Apr at 07:00 pm Saint Ann's Church GBP 0 to 32

Just a Girl From North Manchester Book Launch & Live Performance Evening

 Sun, 08 Mar at 06:30 pm The Yard Mcr

An Evening with Shon Faye at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 19 Feb at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 14

Online Reading Course – The Gothic – Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Repeat)

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

An Evening with Madeline Cash at Waterstones Manchester, Deansgate

 Tue, 10 Feb at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 19

Caitlin O'Ryan @ Hinterland Poetry

 Tue, 17 Feb at 07:00 pm Hinterland Alcohol-Free Bar and Cafe GBP 13 to 17

The NERVE presents Ece Temelkuran in conversation with Carole Cadwalladr

 Thu, 19 Feb at 06:30 pm International Anthony Burgess Foundation GBP 15

Kids of Colour on JOY

 Tue, 24 Feb at 06:00 pm Contact Theatre Free

Black Love Stories: February Book Club

 Mon, 23 Feb at 06:30 pm The Black Friar, 41 - 43 Blackfriars Road

Reclaiming the Internet: Sarah Wynn-Williams at Waterstones Deansgate

 Tue, 03 Mar at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

Flecky Bennett's The Chethams Library Experience

 Sat, 14 Mar at 05:30 pm Chetham's Library GBP 18

FLESH: Charli Howard in conversation with Helen Mort

 Wed, 11 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 17

Why Plato Matters Now

 Wed, 11 Mar at 06:30 pm RNCM (Royal Northern College of Music) GBP 7 to 17

An evening with Kiran Millwood Hargrave at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 19

An Evening with Adrian Tchaikovsky at Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 01 Apr at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 27

Caitlin O'Ryan @ Hinterland Poetry

 Wed, 18 Feb at 07:00 pm Hinterland Alcohol-Free Bar and Cafe GBP 13 to 17

BOOK TOUR // “Stitch It, Don’t Ditch It” Interactive Clothing Repair Talk

 Thu, 19 Feb at 06:30 pm Bridge 5 Mill Free

The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs – with Dr Dean Lomax & Bob Nicholls

 Sat, 21 Feb at 01:00 pm Manchester Museum GBP 5

Michael Stewart & Yvonne Battle-Felton in conversation

 Thu, 05 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 10

Creative Collage Workshop

 Sun, 01 Mar at 04:00 pm Nell's NQ GBP 17

An Evening with James Alistair Henry at Waterstones Manchester, Deansgate

 Wed, 11 Feb at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

Manchester Girl Book Club

 Tue, 24 Feb at 06:30 pm Tariff and Dale

Board Games Café - Launch Event

 Wed, 25 Mar at 05:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

WHITE RIVER CROSSING: Ian McGuire in conversation

 Tue, 03 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 20

Slow Reading: Elizabeth Gilbert's The Signature of All Things

 Wed, 11 Feb at 04:30 pm The Portico Library GBP 6

Nothing remained unchanged but the clouds: artist talk and UK book launch

 Thu, 05 Feb at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

An Evening with David Szalay at Waterstones ManchesterDeansgate

 Wed, 25 Mar at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

ADRIFT: Will Dean in conversation with Neil McRobert

 Thu, 19 Feb at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 5 to 22

An Evening with Venetia Constantine - Manchester, Deansgate

 Wed, 04 Mar at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 21

above/ground book launch featuring David Gaffney, Lydia Unsworth, Tom Jenks

 Thu, 26 Feb at 06:30 pm Saul Hay Gallery Free

Charles Dickens and his Manchester Connections

 Sat, 07 Mar at 05:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 12

RABBITBOX - Wayne Holloway-Smith in conversation with Andrew McMillan

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 13

Jot: Pop Up Bookshop

 Sun, 22 Feb at 11:00 am Station South Free

The Manchester Record Fair

 Sat, 28 Feb at 10:00 am The Britannia Hotel Manchester

SUPER NINTENDO: Keza MacDonald in conversation

 Mon, 02 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 18

Dan Hicks: Monuments Will Fall

 Wed, 06 May at 06:00 pm The Manchester Museum GBP 0 to 5

THE STORY OF THE DEER WOMAN: Heidi Hinda Chadwick in conversation

 Fri, 20 Feb at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 10

The Creatives Book Club - Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert (time option b)

 Sat, 28 Feb at 02:00 pm Ditto Coffee GBP 6

PHOENIX RISING BOOK LAUNCH

 Sat, 07 Mar at 12:00 pm Maldron Hotel GBP 3 to 17

Hidden in Print: Women in the Portico Tour

 Thu, 12 Mar at 06:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 9

One City, Many Stories

 Thu, 07 May at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

Manchester in Translation 2026

 Mon, 23 Feb at 05:30 pm Manchester Academy GBP 4

Scripted Social - Monthly Play Reading Group (Road)

 Sat, 28 Feb at 10:00 am 53two Studio GBP 25

Dungeon Crawler Carl

 Mon, 16 Mar at 07:30 pm HOME Manchester

Tales from Acorn Wood Live

 Fri, 03 Apr at 01:30 pm HOME Manchester

Creative Collage Workshop

 Sun, 22 Mar at 12:00 pm House of Social Manchester GBP 17

Brian Groom on These Isles - New Book

 Thu, 26 Feb at 06:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 0 to 9

Illuminating Knowledge: Exploring Arabic Scientific Manuscripts

 Sat, 04 Jul at 02:00 pm John Rylands Library Free

Public Opening: Everything and Nothing - what makes a 220 year old library?

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:00 pm The Portico Library Free

MAY WE FEED THE KING: Rebecca Perry in conversation

 Tue, 24 Feb at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 15

Online Reading Course – The Gothic – Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu

 Wed, 13 May at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

Online Talk: Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell- A Friendship

 Wed, 29 Apr at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

Livi Michael on her new book Elizabeth and Ruth

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 0 to 9

Book of Churches

 Sat, 25 Apr at 07:30 pm Castle Hotel

Novelists

 Tue, 07 Apr at 07:00 pm Manchester Academy 3

Online Talk: North and South across the Atlantic – Elizabeth Gaskell’s Influence in America

 Wed, 15 Apr at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

Online Talk: ‘I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free’ – Emily and Anne Brontë

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

Charlotte Carpenter - Manchester

Thu, 23 Apr at 06:30 pm Eagle Inn

Online Talk: Elizabeth Gaskell- An Introduction

Wed, 25 Feb at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

READING AND WRITING CLUB

 Wed, 12 Feb at 06:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

THE MYTHIC NEXUS

 Wed, 05 Feb at 06:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

Manchester Angel Meadow guided walking tour with author Dean Kirby

 Fri, 20 Mar at 02:00 pm Sadler's Yard GBP 22